LIVE From The Woods 2021 Stories And Pictures Let's Have Em!

[Moho81]

Congrats to those that scored !
My nephew in Tenn. just sent me this ,and almost apologized for shooting a small one , he was frustrated, seeing tons of small bucks daily but none of his big ones . He hunts 1500 acres he shares with the owner .
If we can line up our schedules I should drive down some year .

Line up your schedule? Your freeking retired get you butt down there and hunt! Lol


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[Nomad]

7 minutes ago, Moho81 said:

Line up your schedule? Your freeking retired get you butt down there and hunt! Lol


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He’s a venture capitalist, owns companies all across the U.S. and Canada , he works from home but also travels to those companies as needed , so long range plans are risky .

It seems one can take two bucks ( and 3 doe per day …) the season runs into Jan. Now you got me thinking . I’ll have to text him .

[turkeyfeathers]

Off Saturday-Monday. Tomorrow does not look fun but I’m dumb enough to give it a whirl 

[stubborn1VT]

3 minutes ago, turkeyfeathers said:

Off Saturday-Monday. Tomorrow does not look fun but I’m dumb enough to give it a whirl 

Don't forget your helmet!

[suburbanfarmer]

2 hours ago, Judoka95 said:

Beautiful!! Congrats!

[suburbanfarmer]

1 hour ago, Nomad said:

Congrats to those that scored !

My nephew in Tenn. just sent me this ,and almost apologized for shooting a small one , he was frustrated, seeing tons of small bucks daily but none of his big ones . He hunts 1500 acres he shares with the owner .

If we can line up our schedules I should drive down some year .

I will drive you down there next season, if I can hunt with you 

[heavuser]

Sat our for the morning hunt, not a dang thing, left at 11. Going back out again at 1 for the afternoon/evening sit.

[suburbanfarmer]

Just walked back in, its warm and melting. No sign of deer. Cameras are dead

[left field]

Everything was perfect.

I scouted the area where I saw the does and buck a few days ago and walked in the quiet snow at 6:30 to set up under a big hemlock. I was perpendicular to where they have been walking with shooting opportunities in 180 degrees. 

I waited. 

At 7:45 a doe walked in from behind me. She caught my eye and I froze. She didn't spot me though she was only 30 yards away. But she was on my hard right and I'm a lefty. I had to swing my gun and body over to the right while staying rooted to the tree without her seeing me. 

Did I wait until she passed me a little so I had a quartering away shot? Why do the right thing when the opportunity exists to screw it up? I moved, she saw me and we froze. I waited a beat, then raised and fired in basically an off-hand shot twisted body shot as she bolted.

Hard to say where the bullet ended up ... next town ... county ... Des Moines. It sure as hell didn't end up in the deer. No blood or fur on the ground or her track. 

 

Edited December 10, 2021 by left field

[Moho81]

35 minutes ago, turkeyfeathers said:

Off Saturday-Monday. Tomorrow does not look fun but I’m dumb enough to give it a whirl 

I'll be out as well for the morning but I am going to hide in my enclosed blind and get the heck out of there before the winds pick up. 

[Moho81]

5 minutes ago, left field said:

Why do the right thing when the opportunity exists to screw it up? 

That right there cracked me up! Thanks for the laugh 

[bigpaul]

Took a two mile tour of some city property. No deer seen. Some tracks but very few rubs. I did find this one rub that grabbed my attention.

[suburbanfarmer]

4 minutes ago, bigpaul said:

Took a two mile tour of some city property. No deer seen. Some tracks but very few rubs. I did find this one rub that grabbed my attention.

Looks old though, no new shavings at the base.

[Judoka95]

Thanks for all the congratulations. 

I saw the weather forecast and was hoping the deer would be moving before the storm. I got out late and jumped 3 doe on the way in. I decided to sit in the big stand just to let everything settle down. I was there for 30 minutes, but my brain kept telling me to move to the south side of the property. I packed up and still hunted over to the south. I found two fresh scrapes 6' away from each other and decided to sit near the scrapes.

I was only there 15 minutes, and I could smell the musk in the air. He walked out 20 yards in front of me and that was it.

It has been a tough season for a lot of us. Stay positive and trust your instincts.

#from the ground  

[Tughill Tamer]

Up and in for my next to last hunt of the year. Hunting a property that we only hunted once this year. Good luck to everyone out.

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[Tughill Tamer]

Great Buck Congrats!

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[BizCT]

40 minutes ago, Judoka95 said:

Thanks for all the congratulations. 

I saw the weather forecast and was hoping the deer would be moving before the storm. I got out late and jumped 3 doe on the way in. I decided to sit in the big stand just to let everything settle down. I was there for 30 minutes, but my brain kept telling me to move to the south side of the property. I packed up and still hunted over to the south. I found two fresh scrapes 6' away from each other and decided to sit near the scrapes.

I was only there 15 minutes, and I could smell the musk in the air. He walked out 20 yards in front of me and that was it.

It has been a tough season for a lot of us. Stay positive and trust your instincts.

#from the ground  

awesome

[Swamp_bucks]

Trucks all ready to go minis gas for our last hunt in pa for the year tomorrow.  Weathers going to suck be will see how it goes. May do some little drives,split up and still hunt. Just going to need to find some holes with thick nasty crap to keep them out of the wind.

[doebuck1234]

I'm in for the afternoon hunt.alot warmer than I'd like but it's the last weekend,gotta give it a go!

[Five Seasons]

weekend looks like shit and the 6 year old is on deck for his first ever deer hunt. We're going to head out in a bit, i actually have some small bucks moving on cam so we will see how it goes. 

[Judoka95]

There was a ton of fresh sign out there today,  tracks and rubs. If you can get out today, I would.

[Fletch]

Up and in the same spot I shot the doe last night. This is the biggest concentration of does I know of so I’m here waiting on a buck. No tag for a doe in this zone until Monday. Wanted to get back in before the snow all melted. My wind is not great again tonight but it wasn’t last night either!


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[Fletch]

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[bigpaul]

Didn’t like the wind so I’m in the stand I shot my buck with the crossbow. Two fresh rubs from last night at the entrance of my driveway. Saw two buck fights in the last couple days. One never knows. 

[doebuck1234]

Nothing but a few squirrels so far.magic hour!!